Gaming Machine Bonus Game with Constant Jackpot and Segmented Levels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming machines often require players to make maximum wagers to access the largest jackpot awards, which can alter the payback percentage and may not provide a consistent jackpot value regardless of the wager made, limiting player opportunities for high rewards.
Innovation Solution
A bonus game system where the jackpot award remains constant in value and is accessible regardless of the wager, with multiple levels offering credit-based awards and adjusted probabilities for advancing to the jackpot level based on the wager, ensuring a consistent expected return and increasing chances with higher wagers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If maximum wager is required to access largest jackpot awards, then jackpot value is improved, but player accessibility and fairness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The jackpot award is segmented into multiple levels (first level, second level, third level) with different award amounts. Players can access lower levels with smaller wagers while still having the opportunity to progress to higher levels with larger jackpots, making the jackpot system accessible to players with different wager amounts rather than requiring maximum wager for all jackpot opportunities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of jackpot accessibility by allowing the same jackpot level to be accessible through different wager amounts. The processor determines jackpot levels based on random selection from available levels rather than strictly requiring maximum wager, enabling players to win top jackpot awards with various wager amounts and maintaining consistent probability across different wager levels.
2Quantity of substance
If jackpot value is increased, then player reward is improved, but payback percentage consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the relationship between wager amount and jackpot accessibility. Rather than having fixed rules where maximum wager is required for top jackpots, the processor dynamically determines which jackpot levels are accessible based on random selection from available levels, allowing the effective jackpot value to vary dynamically while maintaining consistent expected return across different wager amounts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of jackpot accessibility by allowing the same jackpot level to be accessible through different wager amounts. The processor determines jackpot levels based on random selection from available levels rather than strictly requiring maximum wager, enabling players to win top jackpot awards with various wager amounts and maintaining consistent probability across different wager levels.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple jackpot levels are introduced, then player opportunity is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bonus game is segmented into multiple discrete jackpot levels (first level, second level, third level) with progressively larger award amounts. Each level represents a distinct winning outcome that the processor can independently determine and award. This segmentation allows the system to offer diverse player opportunities with clear, manageable structures rather than a single complex progressive system.
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AI summary
A bonus game having multiple levels of play includes credit-based and jackpot awards at one or more of the levels. The jackpot awards remain at a constant value regardless of the wager made. The expected return at the jackpot award level is generally held constant despite varying wagers through the use of a feature that provides for early termination of the bonus game at one or more levels played prior to that of jackpot award level. A reduced probability of reaching the jackpot award compensates for increased wagers and maintains the expected return constant or increasing with wager.